Archaeology of desperation
Subtitle: exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek camp
By: edited by Kelly J. Dixon, Julie M. Schablitsky, and Shannon A. Novak
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780806142104
Subjects: Cannibalism; Donner Party; Animal remains (Archaeology); Human remains (Archaeology); Archaeology and history; Excavations (Archaeology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sufferers in the mountains: the Donner Party disaster / Kristin Johnson; title: The aftermath of tragedy : the Donner camps in later years / Kristin Johnson; title: Historical perspectives on the archaeology of the Donner Party / Donald L. Hardesty; title: An archaeology of despair / Kelly J. Dixon; title: A family in crisis : archaeology of a survival camp / Julie M. Schablitsky; title: What remains : species identification and bone histology / Gwen Robbins and Kelsey Gray, with contributions by Guy L. Tasa, Ryne Danielson, and Matt Irish; title: Man and beast : skeletal signatures of a starvation diet / Shannon A. Novak; title: The delicate question : cannibalism in prehistoric and historic times / G. Richard Scott and Sean McMurry; title: Under watchful eyes : Washoe narratives of the Donner Party / Jo Ann Nevers and Penny Rucks, with contributions by Lana Hicks, Steven James, and Melba Rakow; title: All remember the fate of the Donner Party : history and the disaster at cannibal camp / Will Bagley and Kristin Johnson; title: Concluding thoughts / Kelly J. Dixon and Julie M. Schablitsky.